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, (Joh n TEi.,7.-.:77------'-''''''''..••••"-1-...•..7...5.........) 1' am going t o l eave this world and you, mother, but I shall never die—l am going home !" and withdrawing his hands from her neck, he slept on earth, caorl his weary spirit -.vas away to the better land it Was r‘wthy of, to sing its visions of purity and goodness before the thron e of brie-lighted Omnipotence. Thus died, wept Poet and lament e d b y his friends, Joseph Grant--a man and a —an affectionate brother and a dutiful son —one whom many loved --one who was worthy to be loved, not more s sing le ,for hi ' ' minded affectionate nature than for his genius and worth," CERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) J. r4e LORD CHANCELLOR was occupied the whole morning w ith. the vvell-kno wn appeal of Taylor v. Waters, relating to the Italian Opera House. OLLS COURT.-(THIS DAY.) BENNETT V. TEAGUE. This w as a motio n on behalf of the plaintiff for an injunc tion to restrain the defendants from enforcing a contract which had been entered into between them. At the time of hearing, his Lo r d s hi p thinking the evid ence contra di ctory, delayed Rng iudg: ment, stating that he wou ld rea d a ll the affidavits. Lore.ship this morning stated he had done so, and his opinion ',vas that he must dismiss the motion with costs. PARIS V. HUGHF.S. Hs LORDSH IP gave judgment in this case, which was a mo tion on behalf of the plaintiff to discharge an order obtained eorparte by one defendant to examine a co-defendant as a wit ness after decree. His Lordship, after going through the au thorities, stated his opinion to be that the motion to examine a co-defendant after decree, was a motion of course, and such being his opinion, he must dismiss the application on behalf of Ite plaintiff, with costs. XCHEQUER COURT-(THIS DAY.) The C OURT took the spe______ cial paper this morning. Nothing of any interest occurred. 'RPORATION OF THE CITY OF LONDON. of the esterday, a most numerous meeting of the new Committee took whole C ourt upon the Municipal Institution of the City Place in the Council Chamber. The LORD MAYOR in the Chair. Chai~After a very long and uninteresting discuvion on the point lyllether the L or d M ayor or Mr. Pritchard should take th e ° Chai r Alderman WINCHESTER said that the Committee had no t - tight to discuss the question at all. If the Committee did not rc ' e eed to business, he should move to adjourn it till they " e v .re in a fit state to do their duty. ch 7. RICHARD TAYLOR argued that the appointment of a.rmati rested with the Committee themselves. z'lr• °4fidet W itsTos thought that the publi c wou ld b e i nsp i re d with th yoce by the appointment of the Lord Mayor. u THOMAS Woon repelled all the charges against Vona of Aldermen, and declared that they had been most , w4:1.,.1.81Y Misrepresented. ‘un a division, Mr. Pritchard was elected Deputy Chairman. R IGHTON-THURSDAY. g gave audience on Tuesday afternoon to Lord Ivio.rhTaeßiln tut tjßussell, Earl Beauchamp, and the Earl of Co t Yesterday his Majesty did not leave the Palace, ivardT 8 tooonno sat to Mr. Newton for his miniature, and after ured Lord William Russell with an audience. least he Duke of Cumberland arrived at the Palace at half -Bn'en in yesterday, and remained with their Majesties till Lond on, the evening, when his Royal Highness returned to Sir G Paja,„A last Seymour, Master of the Robes, arrived at the l a st night from Hampton Court. A ugu er Majesty did not go out yesterday, but the Princess sta, attended by Miss Hope Johnstone, took a car trnaniring at noon. The Duchess of Gloucester and the p r 'i g ti r t.* av 'ine drove out together at the sane time. )'estera George took his usual exercise with his preceptor , r , ay and to-day. th e Lie Roy a l di nner party on Tuesday evening comprised I,lti Ma rchioness an d L a d y El i zabeth Cornwallis, Lady n"s Lad Hotham Mr. and Mrs. C. D e r i ng , an d M r. S . and YC. Di ckens. Last ni g ht th e guests were C o l . C zAtai Davv son Darner, Sir Ch ar l es an d Mi ss D oy l e, )3 enti Doyle, the Marchi oness o f Ch o l mon d e l ey an d Mi ss - A ir nrik, Colon e l G urwoo d , Mrs. F i tzher b ert, Mr. and 1 1. Jerningham, and Lord Fincastle. k.it he h K.ing:thi s a f ternoon too k a carr i age a i r i ng in company r rince Er nes t. Wine, Princess Augusta rode out at noon, accompanied Q --4 auY Louisa Cornwallis. The Duchess of Gloucester e at L andgravine .. also took a carriage airing in company 2 clock vee4l comm an d of their M a j es ti es , a musical entertain 1/ li t will t a k e p l ace at t h e Palace this evening, at which nr. rl 4 , 1 anniz a "anle Caradori i s engage d to s i ng. The rehearsal this ing ro was honou re d b y t h e presence of the Duchess of rThe foll ow i ng di st i nguished guests have been invited to 4nend :—Mr. a n d L a d y Jane Peel, the Misses Malt d, Colonel and Lad G. ! ri d Miss Otway, Dowy Cath cart, Si r Robert, Lady, Wadies Phi ager Counte ss o f M u l grave and tad Lad pps, General Phipps, C ountess of Charlemont y Elizabeth Clements, Earl and Countess o f Nor bury and f am il y, Lord and Lady Radstock, M rs . Fitzher terlen, Col one l and Mrs. Dawnier, Mr. and Mrs. S. ningh am, hlarchioness son De and Ladi es C ornwa lli s, L a d y G . _ atl r iur;st, Si r M. and Lady Tierney, Countess Dger of and Ladies Greville Lord Fincastle, and Lords Wilaiam and Alfred Her vey , ' Gutteridge s concert o a,y, und er th e patronage o f H er ro I s tooko Place Yesterday afternoon, when the large f the Townhall was crowded with company. . _ HIONABLE IN TELLIGEN CE. ARRIVALS. Captain Ramsden and Lady Annabella Ramsden, at Mar slt I Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square ; George Dering, Esq., Mrs. D o ering, and Miss Dering, at ditto ; J. Twistleton, li o c t li at ; Rev. G. Wroth and sons, at the Blenheim IVl;,;.`' 13°11cl-street, from the Rector near Dunstable ; Capt. ;itleacre, R.N., at ditto, from Dover; Thomas Butlin, Esq., 4airprs. Butlin, at ditto, from Cheltenham ; Thomas Kit.l - at ditto from ditto ; the Earl of Harrowby-, in lottlahi-n°r-square from his seat, Sandon Hall, Lichfield, Staf siqualn ; Lord Albert Conyngham, in Hill -street, Berkeley urde-itlr°nl Denbies Park, Surrey ; Sir Francis and Lady 1 1(1 ivi 411 ,4 family, in St. James's-place, from Hastings ; Mr. from giS. tlenry Grimes, at Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, %hir e ; George Chetwynd's seat, Brockton Hall, Stafford toln 13 aMain Ramsden, in Belgrave-street, Belgrave-square, uoy aeY, Yorkshire ; Colonel Wildman, at Batt's Hotel, At er.street, from Newstead Abbey ; Rev. Mr. and Mrs. kli t i lr , Y, at ditto, from a tour • the Countess of Newburgh and .."',l(ent, at Cr wl y'• Hotel,' Albemarle-street, from the I.4 l ` fr "; Mrs. San a dfo e rd, ' at ditto, from Cheltenham ; Lady trO z e l °l / 11 a .nl, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook and Davies-streets, 41 4 Rich at George Money, Esq., at ditto, from his . scat lon erefordshire ; Arthur Aston, Esq., at ditto, from Brigh ditt; brand Scutt,Scot Esq at ditto, from a tour ; Miss Keet, at elitl from a ;C. -.11". Dimsdale, Esq., at ditto, from his ~.,,`,l l Hera • the R F S cold Pearce, at ditto, from -41o r i dge. , Rev. J. ero , w DEPARTURES. %h.: 11 , e ._ lll °Y, Esq., tid Mrs. Henley, from Marshall luld kr" 11 s Hotel, Cavendish-square ; Levison Gower, Esq., %qr., s art, Levison Gower, from ditto ; Hon. Sir Edward V_ava- I s itt o ," b art, from ditto . Chas. G. Fairfax, jun., Esq., from lit e d, ''', ev• E. Wilks, 'Mrs., and two Misses Wilks, from h h ter .--",%1111 Rotel, Bond -street, for the Rectory, near lßoorc e o s- r t04,,`-'aPtain Fitz H. Way and Mrs. Way, from ditto, u f r. li o "°,,; Major and Mrs. Spurling, from ditto ; James S ? r _ e, tr o t e;s9., from ditto, for High Ongar, Essex ;. Rev. J. E I s . ho itto, for Bucks ;J. Simpson, Esq., from ditto, for Berk E , • Wri z ln i ? Carsen Esq. from ditto, for Jamaica; ev, for p s - s ro, from ditto for ' Brighton; A. Bond, Esq., from ditto, Sou th 1 ; the Earl and Countess Craven, from their seat near ea Ib in t arli p t en, for Brighton ; Hon. Henry Howard, from L 11. 0 4 e n, for Danton Hall, Grantham ; Chester Mawe, Esq., Bart•, gaff's Hotel, Dover -street, on a tour ; Sir B. Riddell, st lanci:, rotn Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, for his seat in . co - t 4ci t',rhomas Fitzherbert, Esq., from ditto, for Brighton ; E t Y i f 4rquhar, fo r her scat at Roehampton • J. Dingwall, and Vi a his seat near Aberdeen, for Christchurch ; Viscount for g I.scountess Lake, from Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle -street, for theirsrh ; the Hon. Mrs. and Miss Tollemache, from ditto, it;Tgb_ eat, Huntsmore Park, Bucks ; Major Mayne, from et t's Hotel, Dover -street, for Bath ; Mr. Powell Collins Mast s tree t r er Gore Langton, from Ellis's Hotel, St. Jan atid r ; for Somersetshire ; Messrs. John Hall, Parke, Fowles, L'awson, from ditto, for Liverpool. ........___ tit Gavn, DE N DEATH FROM EXCESS OF JOY.—Mrs. bWa s 'f.ol'll‘ll,re of Mr. James Gavet, jun., of the Forest Parish, kpt's not lyin g in the road leading to Mr. George Bre- Personsll°o, life being almost extinct ; she was taken up • wh ohap p ened to b e p assing , ii I.led to th cui r , e aforesaid house, where she shortly afterwards 3 .4 e u• It appears that the deceased was about eighteen s Sinc e rs of age, and that she had been confined three weeks of th ; that the postman carried her a letter in the course th t o morning from her husband, who is in America, and p: at morn o'clock in the afternoon she left her house in I:l‘,,iect health, with the view of going to her sister's house, ‘,B..trebaut, at a short distance, to in her that she '‘i Just received a letter from her husband, and that on the r oad her milk flew to her head, which caused her t u l, e i a l th l When found, her milk was flowing out at her nos ,: 8 ' A medical gentleman was called, but life was ex ,,n. ` l . He gave it as his opinion, that the rush of the de ceased's milk to her head was the cause of her death. The deceased was i n very high spirits when she left her house, a nd just b e f ore that she said to a relation of her 's—" You'll MI a I I- my child w hi lst I go to chapel in the evening," littl ' r oaginin g t h at her earthly career was so near its final close.e A Coroner's inquest has b een h e ld, an d a verdict aeeordingly,--Guernsey Pap er . given COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. Venice Preserved was played on Wednesday—Mr. C. Kemble, affier ; Osbaldiston, Pierre ; and Miss Helen Faucit, Belvidera. The house was crowded to the ceiling, and demonstrated its appro bation of the performance in every possible way, both during it, and after its conclusion. In fact, it merited all it received, for an admirable tragedy was as admirably acted. We make no excep tion, for it is hardly worth while to do so; we have certainly seen better Pierres than Osbaldiston's, but h' ic to be looked upon as a first appearance ; no doubt it is so, as tar as regards a London audience ; and, considering it in that light, he deserves great credit for the attempt. It was much better than respectable; and better for this reason, that he rather under-acted than over acted the part. There is plenty of room for rant and declama tion in the character of Pierre; Osbaldiston comes from a theatre where rant and declamation are at a premium, and that he did not avail himself of the opportunities, but rather chose to subdue and controul his powers, is a proof of forbear ance and strength of mind that give good promise for the fu ture. It will be very easy for him hereafter to heighten the tone of colour, and increase the contrasts of light and shade. We exceedingly dislike his first dress ; it is not only unbecoming, but approaching vulgarity. It had little of a military look about it ; and he should recollect that Pierre is a gallant sol dier, and ought to have a corresponding exterior. The vul garity of his dress communicated something of a vulgar air to his whole performance, with the assistance of an unbecoming pair of whiskers, and no mustachioes. There was a great deal in his acting to praise, and little to blame that may not be reme died in a night or two. C. Kemble's Jaffier was a most power ful and finished performance ; the work of a great artist ; an artist with the true feeling of his art. In one instance only art was uppermost; it was in the fourth act where he flung away the dagger with which he had threatened the life of Belvidera. Jaf fier would not have cared if it had gone through a mirror from the ground to the ceiling : but C. Kemble, before he threw it from him, cast a look at the wing, to be sure that he made it go off the stage. This smelt of the coulisses, and showed the habitual actor. The audience was justly delighted by all the great passages with which our readers are so well acquainted that we need not even al lude to them. It has been said that Pierre is the better and more taking part, and that a moderate Pierre can out-act a good Jaf fier; he may, perhaps, be able to out-act a good Jaffier, but not a great Jaffier, and that unquestionably Charles Kemble is. The truth is, that whatever character a great actor undertakes, he will make the most prominent while it is before the house. We might almost say that if C. Kercble were to bring in only a letter he would fix the attention of the audience. We have ungallantly postponed our notice of Miss Helen Faucit because we have most to say regarding her. For the last two years her friends have been talking about her Belvidera; and, before she came out in The Hunchback, we feared for the consequences of injudicious and preliminary praises. In Julia she certainly exceeded our expectations, and in Belvidera, which is a part of a higher grade, she has risen still higher in our estimation. What we mainly and most of all like in Miss Helen Faucit is the fearlessness with which she throws herself into the passion of the part ; she plunges into it at once like the diver in Schiller's ballad ; she trusts to that and to her own power of depicting it ; shd has faith in the poet and in herself ; she relies upon human nature and its capabilities, and she does not care a straw about making unbecoming or even what might be called ugly faces, if by an ugly face she can accomplish what she wishes better than by a pretty one. Her features in re pose have a beautiful tranquil expression, which must of course dis appear in the storm of passion. The contrast is like that of the ocean lulled by zephyrs or lashed to fury by winds. Looking at the calm sea who could dream that in a few hours it could be wrought to such limitless turmoil ; and looking at the calm expression of Miss H. Faucit's countenance, one would hardly suppose it capable of such powerful and varied character. In the two first acts Belvi dera has comparatively little to do ; Pierre and Jaffier engross the eye and ear ; but in the third act she comes out, and never recedes excepting in the scene before the senate. In all the great situa tions and passages of the three last acts she very nearly came up to any of her predecessors of late years. Her fondness was more inviting and engaging than that of Miss Kemble,who alwayskept her lovers, as it were, at arm's length, and thus threw a wet blanket upon every thing like warmth and passion. It is to be recollected, how ever, that she was sometimes unfortunate in the representatives of her lovers ; but there was a general coldness about her that chilled those who came most in contact. This is not the case with Miss H. Faucit, although we are a little afraid that she will become somewhat monotonous in the delivery of passages of mere fondness and affection. At present she has a tendency of the kind, and it may increase. Some points will hereafter tell better than on a first appearance ; for instance, she was too hurried in the delivery of the words, " Now, then, kill me !" and they were partly lost in the bosom of Jaffier. Another point we will venture to mention : the description of the " waves, buzzing and booming round my sinking head," are intended to contrast with those that immediately follow, Till I descended to the peaceful botttom—oh ! there all's quiet," &.c. This opposition Miss H. Faucit did not sufficiently mark, but nothing could be much finer than the conclusion of this brief soli loquy, and the actress gave herself up to it with utter recklessness of every thing but giving way to the passion by which Belvidera is impelled. The scene in which the heroine wanders about dis traught, and finally expires, was most sweetly and touchingly played ; and we hardly think that Miss O'Neill went beyond it. On the whole Miss H. Faucit has proved herself equal to one of the noblest and ablest tragic parts ; and has shown that her strength, which we were at first disposed, perhaps, triflingly to under-rate, has increased in proportion to the demand upon it. Thus acted, we have no doubt that Venice Preserved will hare a new and highly profitable run. At the fall of the curtain (as Mr. Thompson could not obtain a hearing), C. Kemble gave it out for repetition amidst a tumult of applause ; and when Miss H. Faucit afterwards came forward, obedient to a universal call, the whole house rose—pit, boxes, and galleries, and evinced the most un qualified satisfaction. PORTSMOUTH-WEDNESDAY. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Our Town Council on Monday last voted an Address to the King, thanking his Majesty for having given his sanc tion to the Municipal Corporation Act, and expressing, their entire confidence in the wisdom, conduct, and inten tions of the present Ministry. This latter portion of the Address was opposed by the Tory phalanx, 6 against 50, but their opposition was of course " no go." Enraged, there fore, their chief whipper-in, the self-styled Henry Deacon, Esq., called a meeting for this evening of such burgesses as differed with the sentiments of the Address from the Coun cil, and in conformity with his instructions from the Carl ton Club, of which he is evidently an expectant dependant, he will propose an address to his Majesty, " expressive of a want of confidence in the present advisers of the Crown ;" and will modestly promulgate it as the act of the burgesses of Portsmouth, and no t as it rea lly i s , the venomous spit tings forth of a disappointed Tory clique. The Reformers are, however, alive—a requisition is in progress, calling on the Mayor to convene an open and public meeting qf all the burgesses, to address his Majesty in support of the pre sent Ministry, and praying that retrenchment and reform may proceed under the fostering care and encouragement of our revered Monarch. UNIVERSIT Y INTELLIGENCE CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 29.—The Heads of Houses will on Wednesday next, the 4th of February, nominate and prick two persons, one of which will, on the day following, be elected by the Members of the Senate at large, to the office of Public Orator, vow: vacant by the resignation of the Rev. R. Tatham, B. D., Fellow of St. John's college. We believe that the gentlemen who have as yet intimated to the Heads their de sire to be nominated, are Mr. Isaacson, B.D. of St. John's college; Mr. C. Wordsworth, M.A. of Trinity, and Mr. H. S. Hildyard, M. A, of St. Peter's college. On Friday last the 15th inst. Robert Maine, Esq., B. A., of Queen's College, in this University, was elected a Foun dation Fellow of that society. On Friday last John Henry Pratt, 8.A., of Gonville and Caius college, was elected a Wortley Fellow of that society. The Norrisian Prize Essay for last year has been adjudged to Edward Harold Browne, Esq., M.A., of Emmanuel col lege, in this university. Subject—" The person, character, and actions of Jesus Christ afford a satisfactory fulfilment of all the Prophecies in the Old Testament which relate to the Messiah." On Wednesday last, William Alfred Dawson, of Christ's college, was admitted to the degree of Master of Arts ; and Thomas Forbes Reynolds, of Sidney college, a Licentiate in Physic. On Friday last the Rev. Thomas Harrison was licensed to the Perpetual Curacies of Walberswick and Blythburgh, in Suffolk on the nomination of Sir C. Blois, Bart., of Yoxford. Ludford-Park Estate, approximating upon the ro mantic little town of Ludlow, is in the market ; and it is one of the present on dits, that its influential powers over the borough will not be lightly appreciated at this interest ing moment. George Robins's announcement this evening seems . to confirm this opinion : it is, however, very deli cately:and therefore properly, only hinted at. Mr. Hall Dare has made another reduction from the rents of his tenants. The Hon. Gentleman's health would not permit him to attend his late rent audits in this county, but he kindly directed that a reduction of ten per cent. should be made from the rents of his tenants, in consequence of the continued pressure on agriculture, although several of the farms bad recently been re-let, when permanent re ductions were made in all cases which appeared to require it.—Essex Herald. TILE FIELDS OF BLOOD.—The following is a brief sketch of the statistics of Shandrum and Inniscarra, both, unhappily, of disastrous notoriety :—" The benifice of Inniscarra is situated upon the rivers Lee and Dripsey, County Cork, two miles from Ballincollig, and six miles from Cork. It comprises the contiguous parishes of In niscarra and llatehy (the scene of bloodshed), 6 miles in length and 41 in breadth, comprising altogether 21,381 English acres, valued for the purpose of assessing the tithes at 15,032/. per annum. The population of 1834 was 5,862, of which 162 are of the Established Church, and 5,700 Roman Catholics, or the latter to the former are in the proportion of thirty. five to one. The tithes as com pounded, and the valued glebe lands, amount to 1,1761. per annum. The Rector, the Hon. Wm. Beresford, re sides in the glebe house erected for him by a grant of 1,600/. from the late Board of First Fruits. He employs a Curate, the Rev. James Gollock, to whom he pays 69/. 4s. 73d. per annum for the duties, which arc, performing divine service once on Sundays, Christmas day, and Good Friday, to an average congregation o f 30 persons . Th e benefice of Shandrum is situated upon the confines of the county of Limerick, in the cou n ty o f C or k , two m il es from Charleville, containing, with the vill age o f N ew t own (the scene of the last affray), in 1884, 4,820 i n h a bit an t s , o f whom 60 are of the Established Church, and 4,760 are Roman Catholics, or, the latter to the former are as 79 to 1. The tithes, as compounded, amount to 804/. 19s. 10d. per annum. The incumbent, the Rev. Wm. Isaac Bun bury, does not reside, and has no curate. There is no church. Divine service is occasionally performed in a school-house," FIRE AT NEW YORK. "M. VAN SCHAICK, &c., " Committee of the Assembly." The several bills mentioned in the report were imme diately introduced, and read both a first and second time. The Albany Argus gives an abstract of these bills. The first bill empowers the corporation of this city to purchase, during the ensuing six months, the mortgages belonging to the insurance companies, to an amount not exceeding 6,000,000 dollars, to issue city bonds on stock for the same at an interest of five per cent., payable semi-annually. Seven commissioners ur.to be appointed to examine, with out fee or reward, the premises insured. The proceeds of the mortgages, when paid into the Treasury, are to be applied inviolably to the redemption of the city bonds on stock. The second bill provides that any three directors of an insolvent insurance company may be the receivers and dis tributors of its estate and effects. They are directed to issue certificates of any ascertained amount of claims, which certificates may be negotiable by endorsement. If the cor poration shall not proceed under this act within thirty days, any stockholder or claimant entitled to the benefit of this act may apply for the appointment of a receiver under the existing laws. The third Bill authorizes any insolvent Insuranco Com pany to make calls upon its stockholders to an amount such as will replenish its original capital. It provides, that if any stockholder refuses to pay such calls, he shall cease to be a member of the Corporation, but shall be entitled to receive his share of the assets. After the filling up of such capital, the Company shall be subject to all the obligations, and possess all the powers, of receivers under existing laws, so far as all former claims, assets, &c.,are concerned. The fourth Bill authorizes the Corporation of this city to loan the City Safety Fund Banks, whatever amount of the stock horeunto authorized to be issued, or the avails thereof, that may not be required for the purchase of the mortgages of the Insurance Companies. It authorizes the Commissioners of the Canal Fund to issue the Chenango Canal Stock, and to loan it, or any other State stock, held under their direction, to banks in this city, and to apply the funds from the Erie and Champlain Canals for the con struction of the Chenango Canal. It authorizes any bank obtaininc , such loan from the city, or f rom th e Commis sioners of the Canal Fund, or elsewhere, to discount on it as capital, restricting such discount to one-half its actual capital, and prohibiting any increase of circulation. The Senate and House of Assembly of the State of New. York met on January Gth, and the first topic referred to in the Governor's message was the late calamity. We trans cribe the passage 4 4 Until within; a few days, wherever we directed our view throughout this flourishing commonwealth, we saw only gra tifying evidences of unexampled prosperity ; but we have now to lament that a portion of our constituents have been recently visited by a severe calamity. A conflagration, unprecedented hi the history of this continent, and rarely exceeded in the past ages of the world, Las consumed many millions of property, and laid in ruins an extensive district of our commercial metropolis. Destructive as this calamity has been to the fortunes of individuals, and ex tensive as its influence may be upon the general prosperity of the State, let us not yield to the desponding belief that we shall not soon recover from its effects. Though the sufferers have lost their property, they have not lost every thing. Their enterprising spirit and irrepressible energies still remain—their business relations are suspended, but net dissolved—their characters as honourable merchants, and their capacity for business, fortunately are possessions beyond the reach of the devouring element. With these possessions, aided by the advantages which it is reasonable to expect will be liberally offered to them, they will soon resume their wonted pursuits under favourable auspices, and in a short time, it is believed, repair their losses." The Legislative body lost no time in proposing measures of relief. The energy displayed in remedying this great ca lamity is quite worthy of that free and intelligent people. The Duke of Devonshire does not intend to pro ceed farther than Paris this winter. After the gaieties of the carnival are over, his Grace w ill re t urn to D evon shire House, and give a series of parties on the usual scale of magnificence. The name of the N o bl e D u k e ' s com p a nion to Paris has been stated, by mistake, in the French papers, as General Cavendish Clifford, instead of Lieutenant Ca vendish Spencer Clifford, of the Grenadier Guards. De vonshire House is undergoing some embellishments during the absence of the Duke. We are son) , to hear that the Right Honourable C. Tennyson D'Eynecourt is again confined by severe iness. STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT.—On Monday night. the Antelope steamer, while on her passage from Belfast to Glasgow, and while within a few hundred yards of the quay of Greenock, where she was about to stop, suddenly came in collision with a schooner, anchored -in the stream. The schooner had no light, nor any person on the deck at the time. The shock was so severe, that in a few minutes the schoon er went to t h e b ottom , t h e crew h av i ng scarcely time to save themselves in their boat, and abandoning all their clothes and other property. The schooner was laden with coals. W e have heard that no blame is to be attached to the Master of the steamer, who was on deck at the time of the accident, and who manifested the utmost anxiety to render th e crew o f the schooner every assistance in his power. The schooner has since been raised, and on Friday afternoon, was brought into Greenock by four lighters and the Gulliver steamer.—Edinburgh Advertiser.. The writer of " The American in England," among numerous other inaccuracies, states that the season of the Opera in London never commences till May. REPORT OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE OF RELIEF FOR NEW YORK, MADE TO THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, JAN. 6. The Select Joint Committee of the Senate and Assembly, to whom was referred the special message of his Excellenc% the Governor, and various memorials and bill s f rom t h e Assembly, in relation to the late fire, which on the 16th and 17th of December last devastated an important section of the city of New York, respectfully report— " That the following information has been obtained from members of a Committee, delegated by a meeting of citizens of New York, to represent their views to the officers of the State Government. The facts stated are also within the knowledge of individual members of the Joint Committee. " The loss which has been sustained in buildings, including several public edifices, is supposed to be about 674. Among them immense ranges of capacious and valuable stores and warehouses have been levelled to the dust, and nearly 1,000 mercantile firms dislodged. These firms employed, as is esti mated, from 3,500 to 4,000 clerks, besides cartmen, porters, and labourers, many of whom depend for !support upon their daily and monthly earnings. The total amount of property destroyed is believed to be from 18,000,000 to 20,000,000 dollars. The fire burnt over an 'area of 52 acres, comprising a densely-built and exclusively-mercantile portion of the city, and destroyed all within that compass except three or four buildings. " Before the occurrence of this great disaster, there were 25 fire-insurance companies in the city of New York, nearly all of which were conducting a prosperous business. The aggre gate capital of these companies amounted to 8,170,000 dollars. 14 of them are now believed to be insolvent; four have their capitals very much impaired, and several of the others are losers to a very heavy amount. It is estimated that the total loss of the fire-insurance companies which belong to the city, is about 7,000,000 dollars, leaving litle more than 1,000,000 dollars of sound capital. " This statement exhibits an amount of property destroyed which has seldom been paralleled in the devastations commit ted by fire. The losses sustained by individuals are enormous, and some of them of the most afflicting character. The com mittee are aware that the Legislation of the State, in reference to this event, can only be conducted upon general principles. To restore to activity the industry and enterprise of thousands, to save from ruin a large portion of an useful community, and reconstruct a system which promotes the prosperity of the State at large, come properly within the scope of duties de volved upon the Legislature. It is desirable, therefore, that promptitude and liberality should characterize the action of the Legislature in this emergency. " The following several Bills are reported by the Commit tee, in the confident belief that their passage will enable the City of New York to retrieve in a great measure its losses, and to retain its commercial relations in full act vity " 1. An Act to authorise the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the City of New York, to raise money by loan, &c.' " 2. An Act to enable the Insolvent Fire Insurance Com panies more conveniently to adjust their affairs. " 3. An Act to enable the Stockholders of the said Corn. panics, and others, to replenish their stock, and revive and continue their charters. " 4. An Act for the relief of the City of New York.' " The first Bill comes directly from the Constituted Autho rities of the city. " These several Bills the Committee beg leave, by unani mous concurrence, to present for the action of the Legisla ture. Their principles will be explained at the proper time. It is the object of these Bills to restore, as far as practicable, the capital which has been destroyed. They contemplate se curing this result at the earliest possible period, so that the City and State, in addition to unavoidable losses, may not also sacrifice the benefits of the spring and summer trades of the present year. " The opinion that the restoration of the business pursuits of our great commercial mart to their wonted activity is not less important to the country than to the city, is one of general prevalence, and is a sure indication of the expectations which the public entertain from the liberal and enlightened counsels of the State. " The Committee will only observe further, that the relief, to be effectual, must be such as will not require much time to organize and put into active operation. The last mentioned bill is constructed upon that principle, and its provisions are drawn in conformity with the recommendations contained in the special message of the Governor. Any less expeditious measures than those proposed would defeat some of the most important objects so desirable to be accomplished. " In presenting this report, the joint committee do not ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the various matters referred to them. TUE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1836. GRAND DINNER of the REFORMERS OF BIRMINGHAM. (From the Second Edition of the Morning Advertiser.) Yesterday the Reformers of Birmingham dined together hi the Town Hall. The tables, which occupied the hod) of the building and the side galleries, were calculated to ac commodate nearly one thousand persons, and lone- before the hour appointed for the dinner were completery filled. The front of the exterior of the Hall in Paradise -street, was brilliantly illuminated, the word " Reform " being embla zoned in variegated lamps, and extending across the pillars. The interior arrangements were of a very splendid and tasteful description. Immediately over the Chair, in the organ-gallery, was suspended the Royal Standard, sup ported on each side by the Union Jack, and extending to either end were the flags of all the free nations—America, Spain, Belgium, and Poland—her freedom being deemed certain ; flags of blue, green, white, and scarlet, were sus pended from the pilasters around the building, interspersed with leaves of laurel and evergreen—the whole presenting a very brilliant and animated effect. At half-past four o'clock, Joseph Hume, Esq., M.P., Thomas Attwood, Esq., M.P., Joseph Scholefield, Esq., M.P., Sir G. Chetevynd, M.P., Villiers, Esq., M.P., the Mayors of Coventry, Warwick, Worcester, Leicester, Walsall, and a number of other gentlemen, entered the room, and were very warmly received. Much disappoint ment was evinced at the non-arrival of Mr. O'Connell, but it was understood that he would reach Bi'mningham about five o'clock. The Chair was taken by G. F. Muntz, Esq., supported on either side by the Members for the town. When the cloth was removed, and Non Nobis sung by the professional gentlemen present, The CHAIRMAN said they were met there to celebrate the great principle of Reform, and in celebrating it they could not do better than drink the health of the King.— (Cheers.) That King had done a great deal for Reform, and allowances should be made for him, surrounded as he was by a Tory Court, coming into power with a Tory Ministry, and having principally a Tory family.—(Hear, hear.) Considering those things, and the difficult situa tion in which the King was placed, they would perceive how much they ought to thank him for what he had done. They should also think of what he had not done, for they wanted much more, and they should have it. " The King, and may God guide and bless him."—Air " God save the King."—(Great cheering.) The CHAIRMAN said they had drank the health of the King in all his power ; they would now drink those who gave him that power, and who would maintain it for him so long as he conducted it to their interest and their good. —(Cheers.) " The People ; may they ever maintain their rights and fulfil their duties."—Air---" God save Old England." The CHAIRMAN observed that the King had done much for them ; but in the course of nature be must be called from them, and great were the hopes that were placed upon the person now expected to be his successor. It was said that the Princess Victoria had been brought up by a liberal and enlightened mother, and they all knew what a mother could do for her child. What they might expect should that hope be disappointed, he would not say ; the one would be a blessing to England—be need not say what the other would be.—(Hear.) He hoped his Majesty would live long, but when he was called from them, he hoped they should have as his successor, " The Princess Victoria, the hope of her country."—(Applause.) The Chairman, after alluding to the manner in which the present Ministry had been dismissed, without fault or trial, congratulated them on havinr , by their exertions, recalled those men to office, and thereby defeated the machinations of the Tories.— (Cheers.) " Lord Melbourne and the rest of his Majesty's Mi nisters." The CHAIRMAN then said, that he had before stated they had met there in the furtherance of the cause of Reform, and as that was the case, they could not do better than consider that there were other Reformers in all parts of England, and that the aid of all was necessary to work out the advantages to be desired from the Reform Bill, which were only commencing. They could not, therefore, do better than drink " The Reformers of the United King dom, and may they never forget that Union was strength." —(Loud cheers.) Sir GEORGE CHETVYND returned thanks, and observed that he had been very unexpectedly called on to do so. lie would, however, make a few observations on the toast. He must confess to the Chairman, and to the very nume rous assembly before him, that he had undeniably been born and bred in the Tory school—(Hear)—and the ques tion might therefore be naturally put to him, as it had been on a former occasion, as to what was the reason why and when he had become so stanch a Reformer as he was ? —(Hear, bear.) The answer to this was very simply given ; it was that he became one when he became a mem ber of the unreformed Parliament.—(Hear and cheers.) When he saw Government night after night, bringing for ward measures which he felt himself quite unable to sup- port, and for the purpose of keeping a certain class of men in power, more out of regard to themselves than for the benefit of the country—when he beard the debates on the estimates of the country, and the details on them of his Hon. Friend, the Member for Middlesex—(Cheers)—then he had become a Reformer, and he now hailed with plea sure the presence of the Hon. Gentleman he had alluded to, and he appealed to him if he had not on every occasion given his support to all those measures suggested by him, for the lessening of the burthens of the country ; and when the ()Teat and important measure of the Reform Bill was introduced, there was no one, high or low, hailed it with more pleasure—(Cheers)—and he again appealed to his Hon. Friend, whether he had not done his utmost, both in and out of Parliament; to support that measure, and the principle on which it was based—(Cheers)—but although it had been carried, much still remained to be done ; it was only the means—the end was still to be achieved. It was said that the Reformers were revolutionists, but he took this public opportunity of disclaiming revolutionary prin ciples—this was the clap-trap of the Conservatives, who were, in fact, the old Tories.—( Hear, and laughter.) This was what they frightened their friends with, and more espe cially the ladies.—(Hear.) A great impression had been made by them with this clap -trap, and a person a short time since said to him (Sir G. Chetwynd), that if lie at tended this meeting, he would proclaim himself a revolu tionist ; but he said that he would attend it to prove that he was not a revolutionist.----(Cheers.) Sir George then alluded to the reforms that were still requisite, in order to support and sustain that Constitution which Sir R. Peel had declared was the principle of Conservatives, but to maintain which every person present was equally anxious. He was glad to see education spreading, for in riving knowledge to the people they gave them power. Much was still to be done ; Municipal Reform was imper fect. Would any man say they should not have a reform in the Church, and do away with pluralities and non-resi dents ? They must also have a speedy abolition of church rates, and have equal civil rights, and sonic change in the Upper House. He was aware that this was a delicate sub ject ; but why should a man be allowed to vote by proxy on a question of the discussion of which he knew nothing. The Hon. Baronet then alluded to the remarks that might be made as to his wish to be returned as the Representative of the Northern division of the county ; but he had no such wish—he did not desire to take the laurels from the brow of his friend, Captain Gregory, whose return he had as sisted in procuring by all the means in his power. He then concluded by proposing the health of their Chairman, which was drunk with loud cheers. The CHAIRMAN returned thanks, and remarked that be had been misrepresented in a Tory local paper ; he had been made to call the Tories reptiles at their late meeting ; he had never used such a term ; for much as he differed from them, they had a right to hold their opinions as well as others, and there was some , respectable individuals among them. He was also charged with alternately supporting Whig, Tory, and Radical ; this he denied in toto ; he held political consistency in the highest regard—he only asked credit for political honesty, and where any man op posed or supported different parties, as he thought them worthy of it, it proved him to be honest. Nothing more had taken place regarding him, except what.was grossly personal, but the Tories assumed the right of abusing their opponents as they pleased; for look to the conduct of the tories in every case, and even at their last dinner in Bir mingham—they said that all that was respectable there was Present ; but he denied this, because if it were true, the re spectable class was very small in Birmingham, and where were all those who were now in the room ?—(Cheers.) But the praise of the Tories was disgrace, and their abuse a compliment. He concluded by thanking them for the compliment paid him, and by proposing - the " Ladies of England," which was drank with loud cheers, and three times three.—(Some little disturbance took place here, from the misconduct of a person in the gallery, but was put down in a few moments ; we believe it proceeded from a lurking Conservative who had procured admission there.) The CHAIRMAN next said that they had talked a great deal on Reform, but had not done much. Their position regarding the Tories was derived from the care they had bestowed at the last election.—(Hear.) They would re collect that they had a meeting then to select Members for Birmingham in this Hall. It was said that their Members had been called on by them to pledge themselves to oppose the Tories in everything ; this was not the case, for he was one of those who had waited on their two Members, and the only pledg e they were called on to make was, to aid in taking all from the Tories that was useful to them, and to oppose them generally. If they had been pledged to more be (the Chai rman ) wou ld h ave qu itted the concern.— (Hear.) They h a d on l y to l oo k to the votes of their Re presentatives f or t h e l ast S ess i on t o s ee that they had done they had always their dut y , and that been in their places.— (Cheers.) He concluded by proposing the Members of the borough.—(Loud and continued cheers.) Mr. SCHOLEFIELD said, in returning thanks, that he would not be guilty of the bad taste of detaining them long from hearing thpse who had come from a distance to be pre sent there—he could be deficient, however, if he failed to thank them for the magnanimous support they had always given him.—(Hear, hear, hear.) He had been asked in London, had he not a difficult task to please the people of Birmingham ?—but he had answered that it was no such thing, as he had only to pursue an honest, independent course to please them.—(Cheers.) He called on them to contrast the situation of Birmingham now with what it had been in the year 1791, when the cry of Church and King, which meant fire and faggot, was raised, and when Birming ham was in the power altogether of Toryism. In allusion to the period to which he had referred, the Tories had issued forth to destroy the houses of God, under the pre tence of religion, although they Apew little of the matter, as one individual, when asked why he broke the windows of another for " Church and King," and being asked what that meant, answered, " I'm d—d if I know,"—so it was with the Tories of Birmingham ; and when he repeated the names of Ryan, Russell, and Taylor, and other men who had suffered in those dark days, the present bright period was the more cheering.—(Cheers.) Look also to the conduct of the people of Birmingham when they had met in thousands at the time of the agitation of the Reform Bill? How much that spoke for them ; for even when their largest meetings had been held, there had not been more cases of disorder at police offices than upon ordinary occa , Look also to the last elections, when the people had w. over the course ; despite the obnoxious way in which Tory candidate had been held, there had not been eve window broken.—(Cheers.) It was said that a re-ai had taken place —so there had, and, as the Hon. Bai near him said, the Tories would ruethe day when they them the example which had assembled the present ml ing. No doubt in regard to this re-action there wet great many lawyers who were afraid that the people m) obtain cheap law ; there were glso the boys of Oxford Cambridge, who were fearful that they should be comp to work for themselves, having lost the good things of old system—( c h eers )—b ut a Tory Political Union had established, and had the impudence to say that Politica, Unions were dangerous ; but in his opinion the Conserva tive Association was the most dangerous that could exist, and it was therefore the part of the people to be united, and if they were true to themselves they need not fear, any association, Tory or Orange, for they would prosper as long as they were honest and deserved it.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. ATTWOOD said that he thanked them sincerely for the honour done him—he did not say unworthy honour, because he had done his duty honestly and fearlessly. He thought it his duty to support the Government of Lord Melbourne last Session, and he wished to God he could have done so to the liberal Government that preceded it— (Hear)—but, on the contrary, he felt bound utterly to op pose it in every way, although he had the deepest reverence for the distinguished Nobleman at the head of it ; but he had produced the Irish Coercion Bill, and incarcerated the Dorchester labourers.—[Here Mr. O'Connell entered the room, and was received with the loudest applause, which lasted several minutes.] Mr. Attwood continued to say, that he knew his excellent friend, Mr. O'Connell, would appear that day, and he had done so when he was about to speak of him and his country.—(Hear.) It was said that there was a compact between that gentleman and the Noble Lord at the head of his Majesty's Government ; there was no such thing ; there was no compact, no deed of sale ; it was for Tories to be concerned in such dirty work.—(Hear.) It was said by a patriotic Irishman that there was a com pact ; but this was not one whereby each promised to sacri fice so much as the other. No, it was a compact for the general good by honest men, and when the shepherds of the people found that a door was open, of which they could avail themselves for the benefit of the people, they knew the wicked thoughts and murderous sentiments occupying the minds of the Tories—they felt themselves within doors and the Tories without—and they accord ingly coalesced for the general good. Mr. Attwood then alluded to the difficulties the Whig Ministers had to war against. They had, however, brought forward good measures, the Corporation Bill, the Irish Church Bill, and they would be followed by others as beneficial. He then contrasted this with the period of Tory rule, and the evils which would have resulted from it if the people had not exerted themselves. In allusion to the compact between Mr. O'Connell and the Government, it was merely such an one as is made when the wolf enter the fold. And he himself had seen Sir Robert Peel break into the fold.— (Hear.) They all agreed that the first duty they had to perform was to break down the common enemy. He then alluded to the foreign policy of the Tories and its injurious tendency. Unless, however, there was union among the people there would be a return of these evils. He then briefly alluded to the state of Ireland, and concluded by saying that they could count upon his integrity through the rest of his life.—(Cheers.) There was no disunion be tween the liberal of all nations—there were present that day three officers of the French army. Mr. Attwood then proposed " Colonel Culmann and the Officers of the French Army, and Union between the Nations."—(Checrs.) Thanks were returned by one of the French officers in his native language. He regretted that he was unable to return thanks in any language but his native one ; but he expressed his gratification at the honour that had been con ferred upon him and his nation.—(Cheers.) He enlarged upon the blessings of liberty, which aided the civilization and commerce of every nation. The hatred which was thought to exist between the two countries was not between the people, but their Governments.(Loud cheers.) Mr. MuNTz, jun., said that his French friend wished to drink " The People of England."—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN said that they again returned to the topic of Reform, but where would it be without the Reform Members of Parliament ? Where would Reform be with out them? He would give them " Mr. Hume."—(Loud and continued applause.) " Mr. Hume, and the other libe ral and patriotic Members and distinguished visitors who have this day honoured us with their presence,". was then drunk with loud applause. Mr. HUME said he could assure them that no man was more sensible of the honour conferred on him than he was—he wanted words to express it. When he saw the unanimity that prevailed among them all, he was repaid for coming among them. Nothing gave him greater satisfaction than the reception given to his friend the Member for Dublin.—(Cheers.) It was an answer to all the calumnies against him, and there should not be a man in that assembly who should not hail him as the stout advocate of liberty.—(Cheers.) This day was an important one. England had been ruled by a tyrannical order, but they bad now to thank public opinion that it was not so.—(Cheers.) This was an occasion which made the ruled acquainted with their rulers.—(Hear, hear.) There were men who feared and. dreaded this—but would such revolutions as have taken place in other countries have taken place, if such opportunities as the present had been afforded of mingling all classes together, and the bold expression of opinion.—(Cheers.) An Hon. Baronet near him had alluded to past times, and he owed it in justice to him to say, that in those times—and he spoke it as one who had watched the workings of the system—he received the support of his single vote, for they had not then the majo rities they now had. The present was an important crisis, whether fraught with good or evil ; but lie did not speak despairingly, when he looked back to the time when any effort at Reform was supported with 30 or 40 votes ; but they ought to be on the watch against the efforts of the faction to stop the current of Reform. This was no new effort of theirs ; for from the time he exposed the system of sinecures and pensions, he was designated a revolutionist, and was exposed to be hunted down if they could do so.— (Cheers.) If any man was designated a reckless revolu tionist who would throw away the interests of the country, he was that man ; but h a d b e no s t a k e i n th e country for himself, or his children in the country ? Oh, but4he Tories saw that he was working a real revolution, and stopping the current of public money into their pockets, and he would have done more if he could ; but, please God, they would do more.—(Loud cheers.) The Honourable Baronet near him had gone into Parliament ignorant of what the Tories were ; but when he understood them, he became a Reformer, and from his connection with him, he believed him to be still so.—(Cheers.) It was said he troubled himself with pounds, shillings, and pence ; but all the trouble formerly taken by the House of Commons was to put them into the pockets of the Tories. He would tell them what their enemies meant to do. When he proposed the reform of the Church, not only of Ireland but England, he was called an Atheist. Such had been and is. He would call their attention to a letter which appeared a few days ago in the Chronicle, from the Rev. Josh. King, asking if the Whigs meant to take away his salary to pay the unpaid ?—( Hear.) All of the class were Joshua Kings—it was all a war for the loaves and fishes, and what should be a most useful class was made the contrary by it. He had been bred in Scotland, where the clergy were mo derately but sufficiently paid, and the establishment pros pered ; but let it be shown where he had encouraged licen tiousness, and he would admit h e b a d somet hi ng to answer. (Loud cheers.) His maxim was unity, an d hi s e ff orts d ur i ng the last Session had been in the House of Commons to promote it ; when he saw the enemies in the camp, his col leagues assisted, and they had succeeded.—(Cheers.) Sir R. Peel trusted to the divisions among the Radicals ; he thought that Joseph Hume and Daniel O'Connell could never agree, but he judged of them by himself.—(Cheers.) The doctrine of unity was one he had to preach to them —all that was wanted was union, determination, and pru dence, and the cause of the people would be successful.— (Cheers, and cries of `°Hear.") He did n o t fear more for this session than the last. The silent stream of Reform was gliding on, and the Tories knew it.—(Hear, hear.) Great reductions had taken place in the expenditure of the country, but they were not to understand they had gone half far enou g h ; b ut R e f orm was progress i ng , an d it was O the great stay of the nation—it they should possess ; and so lo could never take pl ace i n E."O -ha E." O-had dismissed his Mi n i s t ers l as t mistake in the calculations of th forgot that the power had passed 0, few to those of the many.—(Hear, a Oftlita?} ll olt waa, nDt one of those to cry stop ; th e y req wed a reform in• the other House of Parliament—it was thought any re form was unconstitutional, but this w cs not so—they had the King, Lords, and Commons ; the advisers of the King were responsible for that advice ; the representa tives of the people were responsible to tht 2 People ; and should they have a third branch altogether irresi;onsible ? (Hear, hear.) The Commons had been reforn.lcd, and they would take care to make the Lords act . prt!- ; but there should be one common cry, " Respo,isi bility, responsibility ;" and- in urging this he thought .h. 3 was the best friend of the monarchy..—(Cheers.) would again urge the necessity. of union, for everything; depended on it.—(Hear.) His excellent fried had d passed some remarks on Lord Grey. He allowed the justice of them, but they owed much to him ; they owed to him Re form ; and he would drop the tear of pity on the last two years of -his Administration, and although he agreed vi:ty his friend, he would not have him on such occasions as thi.; press the subject. He hailed the change of systems with great pleasure, and nothing rejoiced him more than the de- Melbourne to do justice to Ireland. %ben, that there was nothing to be got Commons ?—(Hear.) The Ministr.i' sews, but he saw an onward course, and t to throw themselves therefore into the: 'es because their views were timid.— tat of ed the Duk e o f W e lli ng t on an d a ll th e that their evening—it pa rtswouldiaosgiovfe the m Toy an r attacks :o improvem en t t h ey were to ld b y certa i n till the Peers became wiser ; but when He considered the argument a bad rence of a little bolder nature should r — - q•-•'. ~t , t,,, Tis , t4l .. 4 4 4. 1 :... ,__ i ,, • ,:.,. d 'tik / —(Loud cheers)—they were told that any such interference was an interference with property, but it was no such thing—and they should, one and all, call for such changes as the benefit of the country required ; and if it be said by their opponents that they were robbed, let them turn round and say they are the plunderers.— (Cheers.) The time was not far distant when they might have another election, and if sw not only union, but spirit was necessary.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) It had been said by the Honourable ,Baronet near him, that education was general, but it was not so—there was much darkness still, and it was there that the Tories prevailed. Education was then wanted ; it would be as great check to corruption.—(Cheers.) There was another point to which he would allude. They had carried Muni cipal Reform in Scotland ; he was proud to say his coun trymen had done their duty, but on each succeeding elec tion they would do more, until the Tories were utterly swept out. England had also obtained Municipal Reform, and why should not Ireland .obtain this justice? He would consider this a great end obtained in the next session— and they who had desired the benefit of such a Reform, should join to a man to demand this benefit for Ireland.— (Cheers.) Why should not the Irish Church be reformed? —(Hear.) It would not only put an end to those animo sities that distracted that country, but would be an econo mical measure, as enabling them to remove the large bodies of troops from Ireland not called there by ws'ar, but op pression.—(Great cheering.) He would now allude to his Dissenting brethren. Tbey had led the way to Reform, but why should not they be placed upon a level with their fellow citizens.—(Hear.) If there was- any oppression more gross than another, it was that which interfered with a man's conscience. These subjects should be the subject of their constant remonstrance—the game was in their own hands—and if they could not drive on Ministers, they should assist them in every beneficial measure. It might be asked—when should they stop with Reform ? He would answer, not while there was an abuse to be amended. He concluded by drinkin'n• their healths amidst loud cheers. The CHAIRMAN then said that he wished to introduce to their notice Sir William Molesworth. Sir W. MOLESWORTH then expressed his gratification at being present at the meeting, and paid a high compliment to Mr. O'Connell for his exertion in the cause of Reform, not only in England but in Ireland. In his opinion, the Bal lot ought to be the first object of their exertions in order to rid the people from the oppression of the Tory aristocracy. The present Administration should make the Ballot an open question, and the Liberal representative should press , this upon them. The House of Lords ought, however, to be reformed ; for unless it was, he feared few measures of great benefit would be procured.—(Hear, bear.). He concluded by thanking them for the patience with which they had heard him. Mr. THOMLY, M.P., then addressed the meeting. He alluded to his Parliamentary conduct. He had been but one Session a Member of the House of Commons, but had not been a day absent from it. He enlarged upon the be nefits to be procured from Reform, and the necessity for union and action ; and concluded by returning his best thanks for the honour conferred on him. Mr. VILLIERS, M.P., then said, that as one of the la bourers in the cause of Reform, he had to express his gratification at being so noticed by the meeting.—(Cheers.) He had also the satisfaction of knowing from his constitu ency that they considered he had attended to and performed his duty to them as their Representative.—(Cheers.) The institutions of the country existed for the benefit of it, and when they ceased to do so, would be undeserving of sup port.—(Hear.) The Hon. Gentleman concluded a long and eloquent speech, which want of time preents us giving more fully, amidst loud cheers. DANIEL WAKEFIELD, Esq. followed with an excellent speech. The CHAIRMAN then said, that he had come to a toast in which they must all feel a deep interest ; they had got Reform,.but would they have had it but for the establish ment of Political Unions ? No, and they were established on the principle whereby the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin obtained Catholic Emancipation. Thus Reform had been obtained on the plan of the Hon. Member for Dublin. It had been said that eloquence consisted of three things, first, action ; second, action ; and third, action ; so politics consisted of first, boldness ; second, boldness ; third, boldness ; it must : be tempered with prudence : that had been Mr. O'Connell's plan, and he would say no more than propose, " Mr. O'Connell, and justice, peace and prosperity to his unhappy country."—(Loud and continued applause.) Mr. O'CONNELL rose, but from the repeated bursts of applause was unable to proceed for some time. He at length said, when the cheering and waving of handkerchiefs had in some degree ceased—l am glad—l am exceedingly, I am sincerely glad—that I am in the habit of public speak ing, for I never in my life required all the facility that practice could give me half as much as at the present mo ment, when I feel my mind overpowered by impulses of the most strong and potent nature.—(Cheers.) I never in my life stood before an assembly where I had so much at stake, and where I was so anxious to perform my part properly. You, indeed, gave me a spirit-stirring reception, and the honest cordiality of it so completely overpowered my heart, that I was not able to describe, even by way of parenthesis, the circumstances which caused my not being here sooner, or even to apologise for it.—(Cheers.) There is something ludicrous in the circumstances ; but the fault is not mine ; and let us now bring our feelings to more important matter. 1 stand in the presence of the men who carried Parliamentary Reform. (Loud cheering.) When Field Marshal, the Duke of Wellington, charged into the centre column of the Reformers, and turned out the Government of Earl Grey, he would have made his position good, and restored right and left the rotten boroughs and the mockery of representation which had existed in England, but for the Political Unions, and the men of Biriningliam—(Loud cheers) —but the Duke of Wellington was admirably described a short time since by Colonel Napier, who described him as the conqueror of our enemies, but not the conqueror of Englishmen. — (Cheers.) I remember well your decisive conduct at a decisive moment, and while I thank you for it, I bring to mind that the definition of political gratitude is a lively sense of future favour—(Cheers and laughter)—but I need not say this in order to rally you round the liberty of Eng land and of Scotland, and in favour of justice for poor Ireland.—(Cheers.) That last,is the second topic to which I wish to call your attention—(Hear.) Your Chairman gave a repetition of one word three times as a definitape of. political agitation—( Hear) ; and in proposing my health, coupled it with justice, peace, and prosperity for (Hear.) Now I will reduce these three words to one ; for give us justice, and you may depend upon it we will take good care of the others.—(Cheers and laughter.) I come among you as the advocate of my countrymen ; indeed, some people call me the Representative of the whole of Ireland, but be that as it may, I have represented three counties and one city there—(Loud cheers) ; and what is more important, I now represent her wrongs, and her sufferings, and her wants and wishes, and I call upon you Englishmen to assist me in the struggle to obta i n justice for my country.—(We will, we will.) That is the object of my mission —(Hear) —and I'll tell you how I come armed ; I come with the history of the connection between the countries for GOO years. I don't mean to tell you the en tire, of course, but I will sum up the entire in one sen tence--(Hear)—oppression on the one part, - And unjust suffering on the other. I do not blame the English for the infliction of this—but I blame them for their acquies cence in it, although they themselves were great sufferers from the same cause—(Hear)—but I ask you is it not time that wrong should end, and right begin ? If the Irish shrink from your side in any part of your contest for liberty, I would appeal to your generosity, and no one ever appealed to the generosity of Englishmen in vain.—(lmmense cheering.) But it is to your justice I appeal—and to your qag e claration of Lord talked i obe said tl t ;Use of yen a , "mid vie ictio, 1 not iron • olvc y set "' sin meet- p re pr sent ;:re a a - o all the a micrld P . In regard to dind ' al men to wait t peed• d they be so ? if t 14 .0 4 ,e, and that interfei lbeQzr i • had recourse to—